This year he looked like he was coming into the season with the Toronto Maple Leafs healthier than ever, and it looked like he was ready to get back to his Stanley Cup champion days.
Unfortunately day, before the Battle of Ontario game tonight, Matt Murray was forced to leave practice with an injury:
Some video on the situation pic.twitter.com/8sjpQ2H38r� David Alter (@dalter) October 15, 2022
The Maple Leafs have now heard from the doctor, and Matt Murray is going to miss some significant time.
The @MapleLeafs have placed G Matt Murray on long-term injured reserve. He is expected to miss a minimum of four weeks (adductor injury).
G Erik Källgren has been recalled from the @TorontoMarlies on an emergency basis.� Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) October 15, 2022
As Murray is being placed on LTIR, he will miss a MINIMUM of 10 games:
Matt Murray on LTIR. He'll be unavailable for a minimum of 10 games and 24 days. https://t.co/xQmVknEj4A� David Alter (@dalter) October 15, 2022
Only 1 game into the season Matt Murray is already injured, which sure doesn't give Maple Leafs fans confidence that he can make it through a season and help them in the playoffs.
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